GARBLE

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.]

2.
v.

To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.

3.
n.

Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] Wolcott.

4.
n.

Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.

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